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Does it really matter whether one photo is fake? Yes to the integrity of that newspaper. It is why they have an Ombudsman. But newspaper integrity is promoted only to avoid the issue. The issue is this. Top management knew this abuse was ongoing and did nothing.
Rumsfeld even had the report of abuse and torture on his desk in March. He did nothing. He did not even read beyond the Executive Summary. IOW torture and abuse is condoned at the highest levels. THAT is the subject - not whether some paper reconstructed an event. We know that torture and sexual abuse was ongoing. We know it was reported to top management. We know top management did nothing - therefore condoned the abuse and torture - until the press exposed the issue. We know that the abusers and their officers only got reprimands - a slap on the hand - for doing something that would be years in jail elsewhere.
Just like there was no looting in Iraq. Just like we have enough troops in country. Just like the people were storming the streets when liberated. That is the issue. Top management would have us divert attention to the irrelevant. The bottom line remains that top management lied - which only encourages if not endorses torture and abuse. Then top management did nothing to stop it. These are the blunt facts that some would have us avoid. Don't fall for their propaganda. The only question in this thread remains - how corrupt is our leadership? Not whether the picture in a paper is legitimate. A far more serious question remains that we should have been asking when Camp Delta and the Patriot Act were being promoted. How corrupt is the George Jr administration. Not whether they are corrupt. How corrupt?
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